It’s always being said that demographics are destiny. But which demographics? Democrats learned painfully in 2016 the meaning of that question, when Donald Trump upended the electoral map by capitalizing on the demographics of today… Read More
Republicans
The GOP’s latest gestures toward fiscal responsibility ring hollow
The business model of the modern Republican Party does not produce real-world budget discipline. So today, GOP lawmakers turn to make-believe. Within the last four months, the Republican president and party leaders in Congress took… Read More
The G.O.P. Tax Bill Is Unworkable
With the House of Representatives set to pass the final version of the Republican #tax bill on Tuesday, and a vote in the Senate expected later in the week, here is a prediction: no matter… Read More
GOP, with tax bill finalized, makes its case to a skeptical public
#Republicans, confident they’ve found the votes to pass a massive tax overhaul, entered the next phase of their effort Sunday, attempting to sell the plan to a public that polling suggests is deeply skeptical. GOP… Read More
The Republican Tax Scam Isn’t Quite a Done Deal
With #Senate #Republicans still celebrating their success in voting through a highly controversial #tax bill, their colleagues in the House of Representatives have already begun the process of reconciling it with the bill they passed… Read More
The Billionaire Behind Breitbart Takes Aim at Elizabeth Warren
As Donald Trump proved in the 2016 election, pummeling your Democratic opponent is most effective when done early and often. Of course, it doesn’t hurt when that candidate is the frontrunner from the very beginning,… Read More
Trump foreign policy pronouncements split the Republican Party
President #Trump’s often-controversial foreign policy pronouncements, which have generated criticism abroad, have produced sharp divisions within the Republican coalition, with the party badly split on the issues of trade, immigration, climate change and the value… Read More
There are three branches of government, and two are in distress
There are three branches of government, and two of them are in serious distress. What once passed for governing and leadership has become a spectacle of disservice by people who call themselves public servants. The… Read More